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Youth workshop concludes with performance of Aida

2007-07-27

The award winning Broadway Musical Aida, with music by Elton John, book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls and David Henry Hwang and lyrics by Tim Rice, will be presented by the 12 to 18 year old students of the Binghamton University Summer Youth Musical Theater Workshop.

The cream of the crop of area theater students will perform at 2 and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 11, and Sunday, August 12, in Watters Theater, Fine Arts Building, on the Binghamton University campus.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $7 for students and are available from the Anderson Center Box Office from noon to 5:30 p.m. weekdays, by calling 777-ARTS, on line at anderson.binghamton.edu or at the door.

The Summer Youth Musical Theater Workshop is co-sponsored by the Binghamton University Music and Continuing Education and Outreach departments.

The workshop has touched the lives of hundreds of youth in Broome and Tioga Counties since its inception 1998. This year, the workshop expanded to include out-of-town students who will stay on campus. The three-week program for students, ages 12 – 18, enriches lives through participation in an artistic process. For more information, see http://continuinged.binghamton.edu/aida/index-2.html